Eighty-four years ago, on March 3, 1931, President Herbert Hoover made "The Star-Spangled Banner" the national anthem of the United States. Hoover's signature on the congressional decree made official what had been unofficial for years, and other patriotic songs with huge fan bases — "My Country Tis of Thee," "Hail Columbia," "America, the Beautiful," etc. — were left forever in the margins. Marc Ferris of Greenwich wants March 3 to become a day set aside by the federal government annually to commemorate the song. He has approached U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, D-4th District, with a request that March 3 be declared National Anthem Day and...

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